Improvement in serving-reels



diluted gister @anni @imiter Letters Patent No. 111,160, dated January24, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN SERVING-REELS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part o f thesame.

I, JOSEPH HENRY Wnscrcorr, of Medford, in the county vof Middlesex andState of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Serving-Reel, ofwhich the following is aspecification.

Nature and Objects of my Invention.

The nature of my invention relates tov a number Vof spools or spindles,arranged, concentric to the Similar letters refer to similar partswherever they occur en the drawing,

The only apparatus heretofore Yin use for serving ropes has beenwhat ispractically called a serving-mallet, requiring always two men to work itto advantage, and thenonly servingone thread at a time, whereas with luyserving-reel7 one man can alone serve any sizedrop'e, and can serve asmany threadsat a time as the reel contains spools or spindles.4

a 1J c d e f is a frame or reel, having bearings, g, h, fi, and lc, forthe-,spools or spindles G, H, I, and K, movable in said bearings.

At the opposite ends of said spools is a similar frame, for the samepurpose, as shown -in A B, iig. 2.

The said frames A B are coupled together by means of cross-bars, g h iIt', outside thespools G H I K.

The frame marked d e fis also connected to its mate, on the oppositeside, by means of a bar of semicircular section, as shown atfm on fig.3, as well as by the bars n nf, shown in section on the same figure.

The central hole o in. both frames, as well as the semicircularconnection m, is made to serve as a guide `for the rope that is to beserved.

The frame marked [t b c, as well as its mate on the other end of thespools, is made to turn around the hinges p p, as shown on iigs. l and2, by the arrange-v ment of which the reel can be opened for the purposeoflembraeing the rope to be served, and for the purpose of taking ontortinsertingthe spools G and I when needed.

The arms marked-b and c have also hinges, q and r, by which means thespools H and K can be taken out or replaced, as may be required.

Locking apparatus s s sare attached to the extreme ends of therar'msmarked t, c, d, and e, for the purpose of locking the different parts ofthe frames together when ready for use.

Similar ones, marked t t, attached .to the arms f rand ll, and playingthrough slot-holes inthe arms a' ande, serve for the purpose of. lockingand strengthening the main parts a c (l f together in a substantialmanner.

On each bearing g 71. i la is a set-screw or regulator, u u 'u u, forthe purpose of increasing the friction ot' the shafts in their bearings,whereby a greater or lesser tension'is obtained on the threads woundupon the spools G, H, I, and K.

The bars n n', with their screws, are for the purpose of guiding thethreads from the spools onto the rope that is to be served.

To operate my serving-reel, fill the spools G, H, I,

and K, with the thread, yarn, or wire `that is to be used to serve with,and place the spools in their respective bearings.

The iilling ofthe spools can also be done by means of a portable crank,C, as shown,yattached to the spool I on figs. l and 2.

When the spools are lled with the thread needed, open the locks s t t,and turn the frame ab 'c around the hinges 11 p, when the rope 4to beserved can easily be placed in its position o, and the whole lockedagain fin t-he position as showuon g. 1.

After the threads from the spools have been placed in the guides a a',theloperation may commence sirnply by turning the whole reel around therope as ai" center, when the threads, yarns, or wires `from the. spoolswill be wound 'or served around the rope in question.

'lhe necessary tension of the threads may be had simply by screwing upthe regulators u u fu, u, as described previously. e

' One spool, with its frame, may also to .advantage be attached to theextreme end ci' the handle of' a coinmon serving-mallet, but will, ofcourse, not do the work as quick as with the above-named serving-reel,where Iam able to workata time with as many threads as I choose toemploy spools or spindles.

Havingthus described the nature, construction, and

operation of my invention,

I Wish to secure by Letters Patent and claim- 1 1. A serving-reel,composed of a frame withv one or more spools or spindles, with theirregulators .u u u u., as herein shown and described.

2. In combination with a serving-reel, the hinges p, q, and lr, lockingapparatus s s s t t, the guiding-bai fm, and guides or their equivalentso fv v c, for the purpose Vasherein fully set forth and described.

- JOSEPH H. IVESTGOTT.

Witnesses ALBAN ANDREW, FRANCIS GARDNER.

